Latest News LIVE updates: 5 states have bird flu cases, says minister

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Latest LIVE news updates: Governments Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala have reported cases on bird flu till now, Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture and Food Processing, Sanjeev Balyan said on Wednesday.

Flights between the United Kingdom and India will restart from today with a limit of 30 carriers operational between the countries every week. The suspension of flights was announced after the UK reported the spread of a new strain of Covid-19 in that country. Some of the passengers who had returned from the UK to India were also found infected with the new strain.

The Allahabad High Court will hear today a plea filed by former union minister Uma Bharti challenging the criminal proceedings initiated against her in 2012 for allegedly obstructing a public servant from performing his duties. It was alleged that Bharti and her supporters, during a political event at Charkhari, Mahoba, forcibly stopped a public servant from discharging his duty and violated prohibitory orders in 2012.
 

India's 40th scientific expedition to Antarctica will leave on a ship from Goa today with 43 members, less than half of the conventional strength of 100, due to Covid-19 restrictions.